BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//GayOut//Event Export//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:266770@gayout.com DTSTAMP:20260923T165303Z DTSTART:20261013T090000Z DTEND:20261013T103000Z SUMMARY:Differential Diagnosis DESCRIPTION:Dates: 10/13/26 &\\; 10/20/26\\nTime: 9:00 –\\; 10:3 0AM\\nNo Enrollment Limit\\nContact Hrs: 3\\nCEU’s: 3\\nDifferential di agnosis is at the heart of every initial clinical encounter and is the be ginning of every treatment plan. In community mental health centers\\, di agnostic clarity is often impacted by chronic psychosocial stressors and complex clinical presentations\\, and clinicians are tasked with bridging the gap between accurate diagnostic assessment and practical community c are. This course aims to help bridge this gap by providing a streamlined\ \, six step blueprint for diagnostic assessment from the DSM-5-TR Handboo k of Differential Diagnosis and introducing clinicians to additional avai lable diagnostic tools\\, such as the Structured Clinical Interview for D SM-5 (SCID-5). Through lecture and interactive case vignettes\\, particip ants will learn how to systematically rule out competing diagnoses and na vigate overlapping symptom presentations most commonly seen in community mental health care settings.\\nMethod: Lecture\\, discussion\\nLearning O bjectives:\\nApply a systematic differential diagnosis framework to disti nguish between overlapping symptom clusters and presentations (e.g.\\, tr auma vs. mood vs. neurodevelopmental)\\nNavigate DSM-5-TR Diagnostic Deci sion Trees and integrate structured assessment logic (such as the SCID-5) to efficiently assess presentations most commonly seen in community ment al health settings.\\nPractice formulating a differential diagnostic case conceptualization using clinical vignettes that balance accurate diagnos tic assessment and weigh the impact of psychosocial stressors\\nInstructo r: Maya Cook\\, Ph.D.\\nLocation: Zoom\\nCost for non-WJCS staff: $150\\ nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER\\nWestchester Jewish Community Services is recogn ized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psych ology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psycho logists #PSY-0101\\, and by the New York State Education Department’ \\;s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing ed ucation for licensed social workers #SW0067.\\nPlease note: To receive CE credits\\, one must attend the entirety of the class. Partial credit wil l not be awarded to those who attend only a portion of the class. Therefo re\\, late arrival or an early departure of greater than 10 minutes const itutes not attending a class in its entirety. To document attendance\\, p articipants must sign in and out of the class and complete an evaluation at the end of each class\\nRefund Policy: Refundable up to 2 weeks prior to start date.\\nhttps://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/yonkers/ events/differential-diagnosis-2026-10-13 LOCATION:WJCS Center Lane URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/yonkers/events/differential-diagnosis-2026-10-13 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR